28 March 2010

A DOXA Design Group Fabulous Giveaway!!!!!!

A few months ago I was thrilled beyond words when House Beautiful named Cote de Texas as the “go-to blog” to read all about what they called “The Ruralists” design trend. Imagine being in the same company as Axel Vervoordt and Bobby McAlpine. It was enough to make my head swell about two sizes bigger! The buzzwords House Beautiful used to describe this design style are: handmade, pure, sophisticated, global country and miles of linen. Well, I do want to one day wrap myself up in miles and miles of pure linen – I can’t imagine anything better.

DOXA Design Group

After the House Beautiful article, Jaime Rogers who runs the online marketplace DOXA Design Group, took note of the Ruralists designation. DOXA is a one stop shop for online purchasing of anything home decor related. What sets DOXA apart from other online sites is how the merchandise is presented. In order to simplify the process, DOXA has divided its goods into design categories. For instance, there are the other House Beautiful Trends categorized – such as The Glams, and The New Victorians. And there are Collections such as: Positano, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, and Upper East Side. Other sections are divided by color. Each section is filled with the merchandise that goes with that particular style. If you are looking to decorate a room in a “Glam” style – DOXA has gathered all the chairs, sofas, tables, mirrors, lamps, etc. that fit that particular style. I love to go to DOXA when I am working on a new design project and see what’s available under a certain style or color theme – it makes my job so much easier to have it all already organized! Here are a few of my favorite items from the new Ruralist Trend Collection on DOXA.

Woven Lily Chair

Weathered Wooden Lamp

The Monarch Sofa Bench

The Zebra Bench

Since the Ruralist Trend group is so new to DOXA, and in order to spread the word, DOXA is generously offering Cote de Texas readers a giveaway! In addition, 3 Fine Grains is also contributing to the giveaway. 3 Fine Grains is a wonderful Etsy shop owned by Kymberley Fraser that specializes in grain sack pillows, furniture and other goodies. DOXA will soon be carrying some of Kym’s merchandise in the Ruralist Collection. In order to see 3 Fine Grains merchandise, go HERE.

3 Fine Grains: offers a wonderful wing chair made with an original grain sack.

1. The Rules:

In order to enter the giveaway, simply go to DOXA Design Group HERE, pick out one item you would like for your own. Then, come back to this comment section at Cote de Texas and let me know which item you picked! It’s that simple. I’ll pick two winners, randomly.

An example of the grain sack pillow to be on the giveaway.

2. The Giveaways:

There will be a first and second place winner.

The first place winner will receive a choice between an Antique Grain Sack or an Antique Grain Sack Pillow ($400 Value) and a $250 DOXA Home Gift Certificate.

The Second Place winner will receive a $100 DOXA Home Gift Certificate.

DOXA also offers interior design services. Check the web site for more information.

The contest closes at midnight this Wednesday, so hurry up and go to DOXA Design Group HERE, pick out your item, and leave me the comment. Good luck to everyone!!!!!

Additionally, DOXA is offering a discount to all CdT readers: For the next two weeks, on all orders over $500, there will be a 15% off discount. Use the code CDT15. And for more information about DOXA, please be sure to visit their blog HERE.

Lastly, Willow Decor, a design blog, has a great story about 3Fine Grains, to read it, go HERE.

There isn't one thing there that I couldn't find a spot for, wonderful! I would probably choose the Library wall lamp..no matter how I arrange the furniture my husband always complains about the position of his reading light. That he would be happy with.

I LOVE 3 Fine Grains, Joni. Her stuff is great, and that wingback reminds me of the ones that Dan Marty had in his LA Showroom. I'm so sad he closed, and we won't be seeing anymore of his vignettes. They were gorgeous! Anyway - please enter me in the giveaway! I went to the DOXA site and WOW! It's like design overload! But now that I'm "almost" finished with the bathroom, I'm moving onward and outward to the pergola and I was particular attached to the grape vine candlabra, and the star lantern. They're the perfect direction for the pergola, and it'd be great to have a gc to help me get them!! :) TY and DOXA and 3Grains for such a wonderful giveaway!

Love,Love, Love DOXA. They have such great things. I have especially fallen in love with the lucia tufted chair on casters . I'm thinking it would be great as a complement to my glass sofa table that i"m thinking of using as a writing desk in my "a women's room" I'm creating for myself a place to reflect and create.

Joni, first of all, congratulations to you! I am so thrilled for you that "House Beautiful" recognized the great job you do with your blog. We're all SO proud of you!

As instructed, I went to the DOXA site, and I'm in love with more than one thing as any self respecting magpie would be. ;-) I would be hard-pressed to pick only one item. So I will divide it between furniture and accessories.

I love the Madeira 4-poster bed... what great posts, but I also love the sofa with the carved stretcher. They are both SO handsome! I would have to flip a coin over which I like best. There are other contenders, too.

And I really love the Yardies Iron Sunburst Mirror (that's probably my favorite accessory), but then the Edwardian Lantern is nice (I'm looking for one). That vintage inspired retro sconce is good looking, too. I can easily see that in my house.

I have a zebra rug and an antique bench that could be the twin to the one they are showing covered in zebra. Mine is currently covered in a Liberty of London documentary print.

This is a wonderful company, and I would love to have anything from them. Thanks for the chance to put my name in the drawing!

Hi Joni....What a treat the DOXA site is. I had a hard time choosing just one item....but as soon as I saw the Early 1900's Furniture Cart Table I knew that was it. I saw a similar table in the tasting room of a winery and have been obsessed ever since. Thanks for introducing me to DOXA. Roxanne Storm

Well, I had to go through the items a couple of times, but it has to be the zebra rug...I love, love them and have wanted one for ages now...chic, stylish and a great addition to any decor!! Thanks Joni!

I would select the Natural Linen Louis XVI Loveseat. I've lived in my house for almost 5 years and still have an unfurnished formal living room because I'm always looking for the "perfect" pieces. Also, my husband will make me live with whatever I buy FOREVER.

WOW!!!!I stumbled upon your site via French Essence (I have a home in the south of France also) and am delighted to catch up on your posts! I,too, call Houston home base. This is a very generous gift to offer your readers. I have a daughter who is graduating from college in May and will begin her new life in Washington with just the clothes on her back and her beautiful smile. That perfect iron bed would delight her and be the first piece of furniture she would own. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Thanks Joni for introducing me to DOXA Design and for the great giveaway! If money was not object I would love to have the Pagoda Breakfront in my house...what a beautiful and outstanding focal point for my formal living room! I will definitely have to visit this site again...

So fabulous! I am so glad to know about DOXA Design Group. I am in love with their Belgium linen slipped cover day bed. I am in the planning phase of redoing some different rooms in my house, and this is a great resource to have. Thank you!

Congratulations on the mention in House Beautiful - what a wonderful compliment! Your blog really is fabulous. Great giveaway. I just loved scrolling through all of the great items on Doxa - I fell in love with the Cordoba Cocktail Table.

Congrats on House Beautiful-When I saw you in Better Homes, I felt as if someone I knew was featured! Your blog does that for us, as readers...as for this generous giveaway-thank you! I love the Benton side table and the Edwardian Lantern-and of course so many more!~Nancy

I have to say, that since seeing your re-design of your daughters bedroom, I have loved the iron bed that you used, so I would have to choose the iron bed from their page. It's simple and elegant. I am "trying" to persuade my 14 year old daughter that something like that would be great in her room, she, however, has other ideas, if you can let me know how I might "persuade" her, I'd be grateful.

I have spent over an hour looking at all the wonderful items. It would be hard to choose between the Classic Club Chair and the Leona Chair. I know they are very different, but...maybe the zebra bench! Thanks for the great giveaway!

I am so happy for you! What a honor to be in the same category as Axel.It is so hard to choose only one item! It's almost a crime! So I narrowed down to 2: the Natural Oak French Daybed, and the Lustre Cumulus Fixture( to die for!).I love the fact that they separate everything by style, and as a sculpture student, I am gaga over the cumulus fixture.Thanks for this great giveaway!!!!

What a fabulous store and great giveaway! WOW! Absolutely love the range of chandeliers.. its a toss up between the Bead and Tassel Chandelier and the Crystal Chandelier... but also looove the tufted chairs!I dont think it is possible to pick just one! :)Louxx

I would love to have the reclaimed wood and iron table! It would complete my kitchen dining area that presently is empty! I am so excited about the contest because the thought of actually being able to win this would be the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. I read your site everyday because it is such a source of inspiration to me! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Love everything on their site. If I had to pick one thing it would be the Lacquered Grasscloth Console in blue. Great for my entry, underneath my stairs or even in my kitchen! Love, love, love it!Janie

I only had time to scope out the Ruralist section, but if I had to choose one thing out of that collection (difficult, as I loved the Library Sconce and also the floor reading lamp), it would be the reclaimed wood and iron table.

Love the DOXA website and of course CdT! Thanks for a great giveaway. I'm working on my living room/office and I LOVE the Yardies Iron Sundburst Mirror http://www.doxahome.com/Yardies_Iron_Sunburst_Mirror_p/385.htm

I love your blog! Thanks for writing and sharing. At the DOXA Design Group I found the Iron clad wood table which would be PERFECT for my daughters house between her living room chairs. Would love for her to have it! Thanks again, Michelle

First, congrats Joni on the success of Cote De Texas.DOXA has some wonderful items - I can't wait for out house to be finished so I an start decorating. If I only had to pick one item to start with, I'd go for the Triple Glass China Cabinet. LOVE the wood & metal tables, too.

I pick a pair of the Carlita French wing chairs. I have been procrastinating about making slipcovers for the two chintz wing chairs flanking our fireplace. I wish I could just blink and they would be magically replaced with the beautiful linen and burlap chairs! Thanks for the dream!

Oh my word, I am in love with their site! Thanks for introducing me to yet another place to spend my hours lusting after beautiful things! :)Ok, I would love:Carved Panel Chair (would be the perfect companion to a desk I am redoing)Neoclassical French Banquette - I would die and go to Heaven if I owned this!

I LOVE the Zebra Bench... I love zebra period as I have "Designer Cupcake Liners" in the zebra print!But... I absolutely love the original grain sack on the gorgeous wing back by 3 Fine Grains!! How fabulous that would look on my wing back found in a flea market, stuffed with horse hair!!!! Ball and Claw feet at that!!!LOVE your blog!!!

Do I have to pick just one!? There are so many great choices. Okay, if it's only one, I'll say the french setee--a timeless classic--right up my alley. Thank you for sharing this great source! And, BTW, I LOVE 3 Fine Grains. : ) Suzanne

Congratulations for being chosen as the Go-to-blog! I can't think of a design blog that deserves it more. Wow, I love everything at DOXA. I would select the Weathered Hutch... perfect for holding my transferware collection. If this giveaway wasn't heaven enough you are also including a 3 grain pillow. Can it get any better?

So funny Joni;I was just looking thru that issue this weekend and saw that listed for the first time.I do adore that type of decor too!What a weird koinkydink!Thanks for the info, I know DOXA but will have to check it out in it's entirety.L.

Great stuff! I just started my design company and have added DOXA to my list. Thank you! I love the Vellum Frank Armoire...not to mention the design of the cool room it sits in. Perfect for my friend's sitting room!

Great find in DOXA Home... wow thank you for the introduction.I have been looking for a new ceiling mounted light for my hallway, the door opens under it so my antique lamp from my last home was to long,sigh...The "Square Club Fixture" is just the ticket, check it out, you Joni will love it and approve, now to decide on a finish and talk my hubby into a 800.00 hall lamp...Fingers crossed on winning the pillow, I have the greatest armless chair " a Lazboy Karli" that it would look great on... I love it...Thank you for hosting this giveaway, I know how much work it is for you...Regards CAM

Dear Lord! How can I pick just one thing? I adore the classic club chair (a pair please!)but being that I've been searching forever for the perfect chandelier I'd probably pick either the Bead and Tassel Chandelier, the Sea Glass French Chandelier or the Venetian Chandelier.

This is a really Breat Blog! My husband and I downsized recently so the zebra bench would work out perfectly with our dining table, as the adjoining living area has Holstein Pillows and a white sheepskin pillow...Bench has muti uses...can move it to the living area for extra seating, use as a "coffee table" and at the end of a bed. I was in the design biz for 20 years. Now I photograph it and have one good client. I also sell FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY to designers. Will keep reading your blog!

I don't know that I could pick just one. The Edwardian lantern is beautiful. The Belgian linen slipcovered daybed makes my heart go pitter-patter. The sofa with carved stretcher is beautiful. Also, that woven lily chair is gorgeous. It's too hard to choose just one. :)

You always have the best giveaways around Joni and everyone seems to know you and your blog, who don’t you know besides me?….lol. I’m in love with DOXA wood and iron clad table, love the mix of textures. Since I live mainly with antiques I always like tossing in a modern piece to keep the antiques from weighing a room down with age. They have some wonderful items and I can’t wait until tonight to have more time to spend browsing. Thank you once again…….